Opera or marine glass



(No Model.)

W. MACK.

OPERA 0R MARINE GLASS.

No. 899,542. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

mmmnnunw mn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ILLIAB'I MA(K, OF TERRE IIAIITE, INDIANA.

OPERA OR MARINE GLASS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,542, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed July 17,1888. Serial No. 280,163. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that LIVILLIAM MACK, of Terre Hautc, county of Vigo, andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOpera or Marine Glasses or the like; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the a rt to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in opera or marine glasses or thelike; and the object of the invention is to provide an opera or marineglass or the like with one or more sockets, tubes, clamps, or sleeves toreceive the end of a detachable handle, cane, or other suitable articleand tightly hold the same, so that the glass can be elevated and heldsteadily to the eyes without raising the arms to an inconvenient height.

\Vith these ends in view my invention consists of an opera or marineglass provided with a socket, tube, sleeve, or clamp secured to orformed with ayoke or cross-piece of the glass perpendicular to thelength of the glass and open at the lower end to tightly and removablyreceive the end of a cane or other article serving as a detachablehandle.

In the drawings, Figure l. is an elevation of an opera-glass providedwith the improved attachment, different forms being shown. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation of a detachable handle or holder especially adaptedfor use in conjunction with the tubes or sleeves; and Figs. 3 and 4: arerespectively a side and plan view of a marine glass, portions of thesame being broken away to clearly illustrate the relative position ofthe socket or clamp.

Referring to the drawings, the referenceletter A indicates the opera,marine, or field glass, and I3 any article suitable as a detachablehandle for the glass. The glass has the usual cross or yoke pieces,likany one or all of which are provided with one or more verticalsleeves, tubes, sockets, or clamps, 1), formed with or otherwise securedto the side or face of the same in a plane at right angles orperpendicular to the length of the glass. These sockets are, preferably,centrally located upon the yoke-piece and near one edge of the same,with theirlower or both ends open,

and they can be of any desired form or shape, as seen in Fig. l, to suitdifferent forms of handles or holders.

In Figs. 3 and 4C a field or marine glass of large size and heavy weightis shown, which i is provided with a socket having a lower open end andbeing split at its upper portion to form spring ends that impinge uponthe end of the article serving as a handle, and thereby rigidly andsteadily hold the glass upon the handle. These sockets are adapted toreceive the end of a handle, B, which can be bifurcated, if desired, andas shown at O,Fig. 2, and which, upon being pushed 1n the socket, willhold the glass firmly and steadily upon the handle; or, if desired, onearm of the bifurcated end may be placed in the eye or socket and theother upon the opposite side of the yoke-piece, the end thus straddlingthe same.

The sockets are not limited to use with the hereinshown handle, as arod, cane, stick, umbrella, or any other article that will serve thepurpose of a handle can be used to hold a glass provided. with thedescribed socket or clamp.

The herein shown and described opera glass holder is not claimed in thepresent application, but forms the subject-matter of an application forpatent filed by me l\ovember 7, 1888, hearing Serial No. 290,229.

hat I claim is r I 1. An opera or marine glass provided with a tube,socket, or clamp secured to or formed with across or yoke piece of theglass in a plane at right angles to the length of the glass and adaptedto removably receive and tightly hold a detachable holder or handle,substantially as described.

2. I11 an operaglass or the like, the comb nation of a cross or yokepiece with a vertical socket, sleeve, or clamp having a lower open endand. transversely located upon and secured to or formed with thecross-piece and adapted to receive and hold the end of a detachablehandle for the glass, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM MACK.

\Vitnesses:

O. E. DUFFY, IIUBERT EUGENE Puck.

